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    Minutes of the meeting of Trevi Ministers, 2 June 1993
    jhadoc February=1999

    SUBJECT:       Minutes of the meeting of Trevi Ministers, 2 June
                   1993
    REFERENCE:     doc. dated, 3 November 1993, The Council, 9693/93
                   ENFOPOL 3, RESTREINT

    Introduction

    One of the rare, available, sets of minutes of the Trevi
    Ministers meetings. It is hard to see why such Minutes were not
    released, and why they were denied to national parliaments.

    TEXT

    MINUTES

    of: the meeting of TREVI Ministers
    on: 2 June 1993 in: Copenhagen

    Delegations will please find herewith the minutes of the meeting
    of TREVI Ministers, held in Copenhagen on 2 June 1993.

    TREVI MINISTERS

    Minutes of the meeting held in
    Copenhagen on 2 June 1993

    Item 1 Welcome and opening of the meeting

    The Chairman welcomed Ministers and their delegations to
    Copenhagen.

    Item 2 Adoption of the agenda: The agenda was adopted.

    PART 1 ITEMS TO NOTE

    Item 3 Minutes of the Senior Officials' Meeting held in
    Copenhagen on 11 and 12 May 1993

    France had submitted an addition to the text of the minutes and
    asked for two related corrections of the minutes. The Presidency
    undertook to revise the minutes accordingly.

    Item 4 Minutes of the Ministerial Meeting held in London on 1
    December 1992

    The minutes were noted.

    Item 5 Minutes of the Extraordinary TREVI Ministers' Meeting,
    held in Kolding, on 6 May 1992

    The minutes were noted.

    PART II TREVI WORKING GROUPS

    Item 6 Ad Hoc Working Group on Europol

    Item 6.1 Ministerial Agreement on the Establishment of the
    Europol Drugs Unit

    The Chairman congratulated Ministers on their signature of the
    Ministerial Agreement and thanked delegations for their
    cooperativeness.

    As Ministers decided to make the Ministerial Agreement public,
    the Chairman stated that the Agreement would be forwarded to the
    Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs of the European
    Parliament.

    Greece announced that it had decided to put itself forward as a
    candidate for the permanent headquarters of Europol.

    Item 6.2 Report from TREVI Senior Officials to TREVI Ministers

    In accordance with the invitations in the Report, Ministers

    - agreed to draw the attention of the European Council to the
    urgent need for a decision on the location of Europol;

    - approved the paper on the accountability of the Europol Drugs
    Unit

    - approved the draft budget and the advance work programme ; and

    - noted the progress on the work towards a Convention
    establishing Europol.

    With regard to the recommendations to Ministers to make decisions
    concerning the future of the Project Team and the post of
    caretaker Coordinator, several delegations found it more
    appropriate - and best in accordance with the "step-by-step
    approach" adopted at the extraordinary Meeting of TREVI Ministers
    on 6 May 1993 in Kolding - to postpone these decisions until the
    meeting of the European Council on 21 and 22 June 1993 had been
    held.

    It was decided that Ministers would meet again in Copenhagen on
    29 June 1993 to further prepare the establishment of the Europol
    Drugs Unit. In the event that the European Council in Copenhagen
    should fail to take a decision on the location of Europol, TREVI
    Ministers will then also endeavour to reach an agreement on a
    temporary location for the Europol Drugs Unit.

    Item 6.3 Draft Report on Europol from TREVI Ministers to the
    European Council in Copenhagen

    It was agreed that the Presidency should amend the report to the
    European Council in accordance with conclusions reached under
    items 6.1 and 6.2.

    Item 7 Working Group I

    Item 7.1 Document on External and Internal Threat Assessment.
    Ministers noted the Summary and Analysis of the TREVI document
    on the External and Internal Threats from Terrorism to the
    countries of the European Communities.

    It was agreed that the Presidency should forward a copy of the
    Summary and Analysis part to the EPC Working Group on Terrorism.

    Item 7.2 Violent Acts against Foreigners

    Following the recommendations from Senior Officials, Ministers
    decided to expand the mandate of TREVI Working Group I to include
    the more organised aspects of violent acts against foreigners.
    This will allow Working Group I to initiate an exchange of
    information and experience concerning the problem under the
    Belgian Presidency, also with a view to being in a position to
    contribute to the implementation of the initiative launched by
    Justice and Interior Ministers at their Meeting in Kolding on 6
    and 7 May 1993.

    Item 8 Working Group II

    Item 8.1 Interception of Communications.

    Ministers

    - took note of the debriefing of the experts' group on
    interception of telecommunications ;

    - approved the recommendation of the experts' group concerning
    GSM and Visitors Location Register (VLR) ; and

    - approved the establishment of formal contacts with third
    countries on the issue of interception of telecommunications
    according to the memorandum submitted by the Presidency.

    Item 8.2 Policing of Road Traffic

    Ministers noted the recommendations put forward by Senior
    Officials. In this respect Ministers stressed the importance of
    Working Group II efforts in the area of road traffic to
    concentrate on the police aspects of this subject.

    Item 8.3 Police co-operation with the countries of Eastern Europe

    The document put forward by the Presidency was noted. The
    Netherlands proposed that conferences for each separate Eastern
    European country and its donor countries be organized in order
    to coordinate the activities.

    Ministers agreed that the Netherlands proposal be further
    examined by Working Group II after the completion of the Working
    Group's ongoing work on the subject.

    Item 9 Working Group III

    Item 9.1 Money Laundering

    Item 9.2 Environmental Crime

    Item 9.3 Motor Cycle Gangs

    The recommendations from Senior Officials to Ministers on items
    9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 were agreed without comment.

    Item 9.4 New Items for Working Group III

    a. Data Protection
    b. Prostitution

    Following proposals from the Netherlands and Belgium
    respectively, Ministers agreed to place both items on the agenda
    of Working Group III.

    PART III OTHER MINISTERS' BUSINESS

    Item 10 Presidency's press release

    The Chairman circulated a draft of the Presidency press release
    from the meeting and undertook to adjust the press release in
    accordance with comments made by delegations.

    Item 11 Any other Business
    Item 11.1 Calendar of the Belgian Presidency

    There were no comments on the calendar.
    Close of the Meeting.

    Belgium thanked the Presidency for its chairmanship and
    hospitality. The Chairman wished Belgian Colleagues success
    during the next 6 months, thanked delegations and interpreters
    and closed the meeting.

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